Dates |
Topic |
Reading |
Proposal deadline |
8/22 |
Intro to course; Organization; Proposal discussion |
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8/27 & 8/29 |
Basics of stress, strain, constitutive relations (GA) |
- J. Byerlee, 1978, Friction of Rocks, Pageoph, 116, 615-626.
- Scholz sec. 1.1-1.2
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9/3 & 9/5 |
Rocks as materials, crustal stress regimes (GA) |
- Scholz sec. 2.1-2.2 |
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9/10 & 9/12 |
Crustal strength models
(Group 1) |
- Scholz, 3.1
- Townend and Zoback, 2000, How faults keep the crust strong, Geology, 28 (5), 399-402
- Sibson, 1994, An assessment of field evidence for Byerlee friction: Pageoph 142, 645-662
- Brace & Kohlstedt, 1980, Limits on lithospheric stress imposed by laboratory experiments, JGR, 85, 6248-6252
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9/17 & 9/19 |
Rate-state friction, pore fluid effects on stability (GS) |
- Scholz sec. 1.3, 2.3, 2.4, 3.4 |
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9/24 & 9/26 |
Critical wedge theory
(Group 2) |
- Davis et al., 1983. Mechanics of fold-and-thrust belts and accretionary wedges, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 1153-1172.
- Saffer and Bekins, 2002, Hydrologic controls on the morphology and mechanics of accretionary wedges, Geology, 30 (3), 271-274.
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10/01 & 10/3 |
Low Angle Normal Faults (GA) |
- Axen and Selverstone, 1994, Stress state and fluid-pressure level along the Whipple detachment fault, California, Geology, 22, 835-838.
- Wernicke, 1995, Low-angle normal faults and seismicity: A review, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 20159-20174.
- Axen, 2007, Research focus: Significance of large-displacement, low-angle normal faults, Geology, 35, 287-288. |
Topic selection |
10/8 & 10/10 |
Earthquake mechanics & statistics (SB) |
- Kanamori and Brodsky, 2004, The physics of earthquakes, Reports on Progress in Physics, 67, 1429-1496. |
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10/15 & 10/17 |
Fault rocks and gouge
(Amy) |
- Di Toro et al., 2006, Natural and experimental evidence of melt lubrication of faults during earthquakes, Science, 311, 647-649.
- Cowan, 1999, Do faults preserve a record of seismic slip? A field geologists opinion, Journal of Structural Geology, 21, 995-1001.
- Wenk et al., 2000, Pseudotachylyte in the eastern Peninsular Ranges of California; Tectonophys., 321, 253-277
- Spray, 1992, A physical basis for the frictional melting of some rock-forming minerals; Tectonophys., 204, 205-221.
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Outline & reference list |
10/22 & 10/24 |
Earthquake dynamics, rupture models (SB) |
- Kanamori and Brodsky, 2004, The physics of earthquakes, Reports on Progress in Physics, 67, 1429-1496.
- Scholz sec. 4.1, 4.2
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10/29 & 10/31 |
Earthquake statistics;
Stress drop
(Hunter) |
- Abercrombie, 1995, Earthquake source scaling relationships from -1 to 5 ML using seismograms recorded at 2.5 km depth, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 24015-24036.
- Ide and Beroza, 2001, Does apparent stress vary with earthquake size?, Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 3349-3352.
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11/5 & 11/7 |
Fault geometry and earthquakes
(Sandra) |
- Stein, 1999, The role of stress transfer in earthquake occurrence, Nature, 402, 605-609.
- Wesnousky, 2006, Predicting the endpoints of earthquake ruptures, Nature 444, 358-360.
- Robinson et al., 2006, Earthquake rupture stalled by a subducting fracture zone, Science, 312, 1203-1205.
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11/12 & 11/14 |
San Andreas fault overview; weak vs. strong faults (GS, SB, GA) |
- Scholz, 2000, Evidence for a strong San Andreas Fault, Geol., 28 (2), 163-166.
- Townend and Zoback, 2004, Regional stress near the San Andreas fault in central and southern California, Geophys. Res. Letters, 31 (L15S11).
- Lachenbruch and McGarr; 1990, Stress and heat flow; in Wallace, The San Andreas fault system, CA: USGS Prof. Paper 1515; 261-277.
- Hardebeck and Michael, 2004, Stress orientations at intermediate angles to the San Andreas Fault, California, J. Geophys. Res. 109, doi: 10.1029/2004JB003239.
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Submit draft for peer review |
11/19 & 11/21 |
Strong vs. weak faults
(Troy) |
- Rice, 1992, Fault stress states, pore pressure distributions, and the weakness of the San Andreas Fault, in Fault Mechanics and Transport Properties of Rocks, p. 475-503.
- Faulkner et al., 2006, Slip on weak faults by the rotation of regional stress in the fracture damage zone, Nature, 444, 922-925.
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Return reviewed proposal to peer |
11/26 & 11/28 |
Slow earthquakes;
Episodic tremor and slip
(Richard)
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- Obara et al., 2004, Episodic slow slip events accompanied by non-volcanic tremors in southwest Japan subduction zone, Geophysical Research Letters, 31 (L23602).
- Shelly et al., 2006, Low-frequency earthquakes in Shikoku, Japan, and their relationship to episodic tremor and slip, Nature, 442, 188-191.
- Ide et al., 2007, A scaling law for slow earthquakes, Nature, 447, 76-79.
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Final proposal |
12/3 & 12/5 |
Proposal presentations (1-2 fig., 5 min. presentations) |
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